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Bucky

(54,020 posts)
Thu Dec 14, 2023, 06:34 PM Dec 2023

I really need to thank Ken Paxton [View all]

I'm teaching landmark Supreme Court cases to my high school government classes right (before we do Final Reviews for next week). And the students are so attentive to the discussion about the evolution of precedents from Roe v Wade to Dobbs v Jackson to the current case against Kate Cox, who Paxton is trying to kill or sexually mutilate (whichever his god of arbitrary pawnsmanship wills).

Of course as a teacher I always make every concerted effort to conceal my biases and only present the relevant facts. But for some reason this particular discussion is really riveting their attention. They seem to think Paxton is acting recklessly with regard to a citizen's life and health and health needs. Although I remain dispassionate, the students seem downright outraged by this use of governmental power and genuinely engaged in the lesson--yes even that devout kid in the front row who was so adamantly pro-life when we discussed ideology alignments last month. So I owe my state's attorney-general a thank you today.

Couldn't have done it without you, Ken.

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Good for you!! Do you feel threatened by your administrators in any way for walkingman Dec 2023 #1
(1) it's never reached into the classroom for me and (2) I'm serious about being ruthlessly objective. Bucky Dec 2023 #6
And these kids will be voting soon and hopefully change their lives Deuxcents Dec 2023 #2
Hope you're not in Texas. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #3
Yep and nope Bucky Dec 2023 #7
Critical thinking is a lost art. TwilightZone Dec 2023 #15
A lot of the talk about Texas education standards is overblown. TwilightZone Dec 2023 #14
This is good to know! ShazzieB Dec 2023 #19
Show thyself, Kenny. czarjak Dec 2023 #4
Usually, facts reveal the monsters and decent people are appalled. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2023 #5
Imagine: teaching kids to think critically! Kudos to you Hekate Dec 2023 #8
Thank you! Getting the young people engaged in politics... ananda Dec 2023 #9
You're welcome. Next semester I'll be encouraging them to get involved economically Bucky Dec 2023 #10
If our entire population feels the way your classroom students do KS Toronado Dec 2023 #11
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton... surfered Dec 2023 #12
You got me wonder.... ARE we really drifting purpleward in Texas? Bucky Dec 2023 #13
Abbott seems to have masterful control of the narrative/ summer_in_TX Dec 2023 #22
I think Governor Abbott is an outlier.... surfered Dec 2023 #25
K&R spanone Dec 2023 #16
It's probably due to your stellar teaching abilitiy. You have been able to present these issues to your japple Dec 2023 #17
Good for you LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 #18
Give them all A's...n/t SheilaAnn Dec 2023 #20
Thank you for your service. Beartracks Dec 2023 #21
This topic is important to them LittleGirl Dec 2023 #23
You are making the world a better place, now and in the future. Thoughtful teachers rule! Timeflyer Dec 2023 #24
Often said the same thing when the Reich does crap like this. Grins Dec 2023 #26
Will they be old enough to vote next November? question everything Dec 2023 #27
Bucky....... Upthevibe Dec 2023 #28
Two teachers in my family pwb Dec 2023 #29
He's truly horrible but I will thank him for the extra motivation to vote out anti-abortionists LymphocyteLover Dec 2023 #30
hey're not exhausting their supply of horribleness Bucky Dec 2023 #31
yes, absolutely! LymphocyteLover Dec 2023 #32
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